Costco Wholesale
is hiring
Data Analyst
About Our Company
Costco Wholesale is a multibillion dollar global retailer with warehouse club operations in 11 countries. We are the recognized leader in our field, dedicated to quality in every area of our business and respected for our outstanding business ethics. Despite our large size and rapid international expansion, we continue to provide an atmosphere in which our employees thrive and succeed.
If you are an ambitious, energetic person who enjoys a fast-paced team environment filled with challenges and opportunities, you've come to the right place. Our successful employees are service-oriented with integrity and commitment toward a common goal of excellence. Costco offers great jobs, great pay, great benefits and a great place to work.
Job Description & Responsibilities
The Data Analyst is responsible for analyzing data related to tax calculation, compliance, and remittance. The Data Analyst is focused on ensuring the highest data quality for Costco’s tax technology team, which is responsible for designing and implementing solutions for Costco’s indirect tax needs. The Data Analyst will work with large data sets, building data quality metrics, performing root cause analysis, and ensuring alignment with tax governance standards.
If you want to be a part of one of the worldwide BEST companies “to work for”, simply apply and let your career be reimagined.
ROLE
- Elicits and documents data requirements; aligning with business requirements.
- Oversees consistent and uniform consumption of the enterprise tax service across Costco.
- Develops, proposes, and contributes to implementation of data quality improvement processes.
- Analyzes data quality metrics to proactively ensure the health of indirect tax transactions.
- Conducts root cause analysis; presents findings and proposes solution improvements.
- Collaborates with cross functional teams to resolve data quality issues.
- Tests data creation and data validation testing.
- Contributes to the delivery of tax technology projects.
Requirements
Required
- Experience analyzing data requirements for complex projects.
- Experience with ad hoc query development against large data sets.
- Experience with analyzing and querying application log files.
- Experience with data validation techniques.
- Excellent analysis and data logic skills.
- Ability to collaborate and effectively engage with individuals at all levels of the organization.
- Proven ability to manage priorities and timelines plus excellent communication skills.
- Responsible, conscientious, organized, self-motivated and able to work with limited supervision.
- Detail oriented and possess strong problem-solving skills.
Recommended
- Experience with database systems (Oracle, SAP HANA, SQL Server, DB2)
- Experience with tooling related to data analysis (SQL, SSIS, Data Profiling, etc.)
- Proficient at analyzing data across disparate systems.
- Familiarity XML technologies, including SOAP or REST web services, XML Schemas, XSLT, and XPath.
- Accountable team player with a constructive attitude, problem-solving and customer service mindset.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- General knowledge of Finance & Accounting is a plus.
- Experience with tax solutions (Vertex, Sabrix, Avalara) is a plus.
Required Documents
- Cover Letter
- Resume
What we offer
Salary: $110,000 - $140,000
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, health benefits - medical/dental/vision/hearing aid/pharmacy/behavioral health/employee assistance, health care reimbursement account, dependent care assistance plan, short-term disability and long-term disability insurance, AD&D insurance, life insurance, 401(k), stock purchase plan to eligible employees.
